VMware Server ships as a 507MB Windows executable, a 465MB RPM or a 466MB tarball. Because I'm installing on an Ubuntu machine, I use the tarball. Kicking off the installation is fairly ...

If you want to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox on your Windows 11 computer, make sure to enable Hardware Virtualization from BIOS and then follow this guide.

What you’ll need to install VirtualBox 7.0 To install VirtualBox 7.0, you’ll need a running instance of a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and a user with sudo privileges. That’s it.

We downloaded the Ubuntu Hardy Heron version of VirtualBox and double-clicked on it in the GNOME interface to install it, and were prompted for the administrative password to confirm.